Pad for upholstered furniture.



PATENTED FEB. 27. 1906.

F. D. BGYLE. PAD FOR UPHOLSTERBD FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN, 23.1905,

2 SHEETS-SHI1ET1- Inventor Attorney Witnesses PATENTED FEB. 27 1906.

P. D. BOYLE. PAD FOR UPHOLSTBRED FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN 23,1905,

2 SHEETS-SHEBT 2 Inventor Attorney Witnesses FRANCIS D. BOYLE. OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

PAD FOR UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Petented Feb. 27, 1906 A lication filed January 23. 1995- Eerltd Ho. 242,842-

2'0 (112 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS I). BOYLE, a citizen of theUnited States, resi at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and tote of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pads for Upholstered Furniture' and I do declare the following to be a full, c ear, and exact description 0 the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an im roved ad for u holstered furniture, couc es, so as, and t e like, of the style known as roll edge or imperial roll edge now in vogue; and it consists in a pad-cover having its central ad, roll-edge pa s, and border-pieces see together and to the lining or under cover, so that the ad is eompletel finished before it is secnr on the article 0; furniture which it is designed to cover, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of a portion of a couch provided with my improved roll cover-pad. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, showing the manner of stufigilg the center pad and the edge rolls in acco ance with my invention. ig. 3 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the tray for stuflin the roll-ed e pieces.

I first descri e my im roved roll-ed 'e coverpad and my metho of making the same.

The or under cover 1, which is of canvas, bur up, or other suitable material, is of the length and width required to cover the springs o the couch or other article of furniture and to partl Y or entirely cover the sides thereoflas may e desired. 0n the central portion of the lining and at suitable distances cm the sides thereof is laced the center piece 2 of the cover or ad which is of the required [on th and wi th and is secured at its edges to 518 lining by stitching it thereto, as at. 3. This stitching may be readily done on a sewing-machine. I also provide rolledge cover-pieces 4 and welt-pieces 5. Weltcords 6 of suitable size are secured in the edges of the weltieces, which are turned over said cords. he welt-pieces are here shown as stitched directly to the lining or under cover, and the roll-edge cm'cr pieces 4 are shown as stitched at their edges to the welt-pieces. If preferred, the edges of each welt-picce maybe secured between the prommate edges of the center Kpiece and one of the roll-edge pieces, and sai center piece, weltpie'ees, and roll-edge ieces also secured to the ning or under cover y a single line of stitchmg. do not, however, linnt myself in this particular. At the outerside of each roll-edge pieceissecured a similar welt-piece 7, which 18 'kewise filled by a suitable welt-cord 8, ands. border-piece 9 has its inner or upper ed e also secured to the outer edge of each to e ieee. If preferred, the welt-piece 7 may secured to the roll-edge piece and border-piece, said roll-edge piece, weltpiece, and border-piece also secured to the lining or under cover by a single line of stitching. If the border-pieces are to be ruflled or gathered, the milling or gathering must be done prior to sewing them in place at the sides of the pad. The center-piece is also secured to the under cover by a transverse row of stitching, as at 10, to form the division between the head-piece and body portion of the pad.

Having thus secured the pieces of my improved pad together, the center pad formed y the under cover and center piece 2 and the edge rolls formed by the lining or under cover and the roll-edge ieces are stuffed and their ends then secure together by stitching, thus completing the makin of the pad or cover before it is placed on t e article of furniture for which it is designed.

In accordance with my invention I em loy for stuffing the centerad portion a smilingtra cofsuitahlelen t ,comprisinga bottom anti side ll ss, w ich stalling-tray after having been lled with the stuiling material is inserted lengthwise between the lining or under cover and the center piece 2 to place the stuilin material between them, and the operator t ion draws out the tray in such manner as to leave the smiling nmterial in place between the rover-piece .2 and the liniu" or under cover 1. A tray 11 of the rcquirer shape is also employed for inserting the studing nmtcrial between the lining or under cover and the roll-edge pieces to form the edge-mill pads. .ln scouring my improved pad to on article of furniture it is only necessary after appropriately placing the some thereon to secure the side mrtions of the lining or under cover and t w border-pieces lOO to the sides of the article of furniture and to also secure the ends of the pad to the ends l thereof, as will be understood. l

Heretofore it has been the practice to first I form and secure the center pad on the article of furniture to be covered and afterward separately form and secure the roll-edgel pads, and it has been necessary to do all the stitchin by hand, and this style of upholstcring ias necessarily required the services of the most skilful upholstercrs. My iml proved pad may be made in accordance with my improved method by comparatively unl skilled persons, and all of the sewing required may be readily done on a sewing-machine, l and hence my invention effects a very material economyin the production of upholstered furniture of this class.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without re uiring'a more extended explanation.

arious changes in the form, proportion, the minor details of construction may be and resorted to without ciple or sacrificing this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pad for roll-edge upholstered furniture, comprising a linin or under cover, a center piece, having its edges stitched to said lining or under cover, a welt-piece and a roll-edge piece having their edges stitched together and secured to the under cover by stitching, the stitching which secures said center piece, welt-piece, roll-edge piece and lining together, being independent of and unaffected by the devices employed to secure the pad to the furniture.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

departing from the prinany of the advantages of FRANCIS D. BOYLE.

Witnesses:

ELISHA B. SOUTHARD, THEODORE LONGABAUGH. 

